The World Premiere Recording of the Complete Score to
THE VIKINGS
Composed by
MARIO NASCIMBENE
The Classic Epic of 1958 Starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine and Frank Thring
A Special Collectors Edition featuring the greatest of all film scores from the Composer of
CREATURES THE WORLD FORGOT * THE MUMMY * ONE MILLION YEARS BC * SWORDSMAN OF SIENNA * BARABBAS * FRANCIS OF ASSISI * SOLOMON AND SHEBA * A FAREWELL TO ARMS * ALEXANDER THE GREAT * THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA
Premiere Recording The Complete Score
Plus an additional “BARABBAS” Main Theme
Full-Colour CD Booklet
Gorgeous Cover Artwork by Jim Titus
Newly Recorded in Stunning and Dynamic Digital Sound as the Original Italian
Soundtrack had always suffered from terrible recorded sound even by late 1950’s standards
Performed by the Acclaimed and Award-Winning City of Prague Philharmonic
Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by Nic Raine.
Produced by Veteran Film Score Producer James Fitzpatrick of Tadlow Music for Prometheus Records
New Score & Orchestration Reconstructed by Nic Raine
Informative Sleeve Notes Frank K DeWald
From the same team who recorded Tiomkin’s complete scores for THE ALAMO * THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, Rozsa’s QUO VADIS * SODOM AND GOMORRAH, Poledouris’ CONAN THE BARBARIAN * CONAN THE DESTROYER, Jerry Goldsmith’s QBVII * THE SALAMANDER * HOUR OF THE GUN , John Barry’s THE BETSY * MISTER MOSES
1. Prologue From The Vikings / Violences and Rapes of the Vikings (3:20)
2. 20 Years On / Escape From the Dungeon (1:09)
3. Regnar Returns / Viking Horn Calls / Into Port (4:51)
4. Drunken Vikings Song (1:46)
5. Eric Is Rescued by Odin’s Daughters / “You Can Keep Him” / “A Woman Will Point the Way” (4:33)
6. “It’s the Vikings!” / Pretty Bird (3:07)
7. Return From Wales / Dancing on the Oars (3:00)
8. Eric and Morgana Escape (2:54)
9. Run Aground / “Our Souls Must Be Touching” (Love Theme From The Vikings) (6:01)
10. After the Pit / Aella Cuts Off Eric’s Hand (2:28)
11. “Who Sails With Me?” / Setting Sail / The Fog (film version) (5:15)
12. Voyage and Landing in Britain (album version) (7:26)
13. Vikings On Foot / Castle Attack / Einar Storms the Gate (5:17)
14. Into the Castle / The Death of Aella / The Tower (4:23)
15. Inside the Tower / “Where Are You Taking Me?” / Duel – Eric Kills Einar (5:18)
16. The Viking Funeral / End Titles From The Vikings (3:48)
BONUS TRACKS
17. Main Theme From Barabbas (5:11)
18. Eric Is Rescued by Odin’s Daughters (alternative version without percussion) (2:21)
19. Theme From The Vikings (1:32)
TT: 73:40
